lunatic

chapter 8

The kids are doing their work. Nobody seems to notice I've walking in. the teacher turns back to me.

"There was an odd amount of kids in this class so I was working with one of the students. You will now work with him. He's going to be your partner for the rest of the semester" the teacher says. I do and follow her to wearing I'm not working. The setup if really nice. If I was to move out of my family's house I will have a kitchen as good as this. The teacher stops at the farthest work space.

"Luna, this is Nathan. Nathan, this is Luna. Lunas going to be your cooking partner for now on. Please fill her in" the teacher says and walks away. I nod. Nathan grabs an apron from draw and hands it to me. He seems to be in a rush.

"Hi Luna. We are cooking chicken Caesar salad. I haven't gotten much done. Sorry for not stopping and waiting for you. But we can talk about that later. Now, can you please get these. I've crossed off the ones I have" he says as he moves behind me and ties up my apron. The sheet that he handed me as only a few things to get. He's definitely in a rush. Nathen keeps working on the cucumber. He's cutting it really fast and I fear he's going to cut himself but i don't say anything. I walked over to a table full of things. I grab the tomato and lettuce. I walk it to the bench and walk back and grab the other couple things. Nathen moved on to cutting the lettuce. I start cutting the tomato. Nathen throws what he's cut into a bowl so I put to tomato in there as well. I don't know what he wants me to do. Everything looks like it's cut up.

"What would you like me to do?" I ask. He stops what he's doing for a minute. Like he's realized what I'm here to help.

"Oh, um can you please do the eggs then start on the dishes. You wash and I will dry" he says. I don't know what he's doing but I start doing the eggs. They were sitting in the sink . I peel off the shell and start cutting them into little bits. I don't know what he wants them to look like but I'm guessing. Hopefully I'm right. I turn to see what Nathans doing, he's cooking the chicken. I take the things out of the sink and start running warm water and put some soap in it. When I got my soapy water I do the dishes.

When I'm done Nathen's done the chicken and cutting it into slices. I walk over to him and observe.

"Why are we cooking this. Like, is there something we get from doing a good job?" I ask. Not really caring but just asking. Nathen laughs a little. I frown.

"Must everything be a prize to win. But your right... there is one. If you do the best out of the class you get to wear the gold aprons. We are all wearing gray. The way we win is we make our meal look good, make it taste good, and make sure our areas always clean. I've never won but I feel like today we are going to" he explains. I smile. So he's not all about winning huh? That's surprising.

"Well may I add to the look of the meal?" I ask. He nods and smiles. He mustn't of been put with anyone that wants to help before. But I'm not like that. I'm not going to let him rule the kitchen and order me what to do. He nods and I take him place in front of the food. He's already cut the chicken for me.

"I'm doing to lay the slices on top of the toss salad. And even though right now it looks weird. If you give me the sauce," I say, implying I want it. Nathen gives it to me. I take a spoon from the table top and fill my spoon with sauce. I let the sauce run off the spoon as is move it across the top. Making one long continuous line going zig zag over the meal. I think it looks good. Before i can say anything Nathan does.

"Wow. that actually looks really good. Where did you learn to cook?" he asks me shocked. I smile and blush a little.

"I'm self taught. I had to be able to cook so I had to learn" I say. He nods. He picks up to spoon from my hand and does the other one. He nailed the technique that I used to make the drizzle of sauce. It looked great. We now had three plates of this fantastic food. Ready to go. One smaller plate, for the teacher, and two bigger plates for us. Nathen and me did a good job. I grab my plate and the one for the teacher.

"Lets go." I say. Nathen looks around the room.

"But nobody else is finished. Should we be going up now?" he asks me. I laugh a little.

"Shouldn't you know what? This is my first day Nathan" I smile as I keep walking to the teachers desk. She's focused on something on her computer. Nathen follows me. Carrying his plate. I'm guessing we eat at the tables in the room where the teacher is. Her attention comes to us as we stop in front of her desk. I place her plate on the desk. I turn around and place mine on the table behind me. So does Nathan.

"Well. this looks great you two. I can see I have a pair of skilled cooks in my class this year." she says. She picks up the fork that was sitting next to her plate. He takes a bite. She nods smiling.

"This is great guys. You may eat yours and then clean up. You might get to leave early" she says smiling.

"Thank you miss. Perry." says Nathan. I smile and nod to her. We both tune and grab out meals. I walk towards the window seat. Nathan seems to debate weather to sit with me or not. He ends up coming over.

"We did a good job you know. I think we might win" he says smiling still. He seems a little different from before. More talkative. He doesn't seem to be hiding himself as much.

"We might. But it's not all about winning you know" I smile and give him a sideways look. He smiles and we both laugh a little.

We enjoy our food and finish washing up. The bell doesn't go for another 20 mins but some kids are still cooking, not all but most. Me and Nathan are the only ones completely done. The others that are done are eating.

"Well Luna, I don't have class with you next but I hope it goes well for you. If I were you I would start heading to you class now. You know, so your not 10 minutes late" he jokes. I smile at his joke and nod a little. I decide he's right and thank the teacher. I start walking to my class and I feel a little empty. Like I felt something in that room. But I know I didn't forget anything because I didn't take anything to the class.

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The day goes fast from there and I'm home before I even know it. I was surprised when I got home that I was home already. The day felt like it was going so long until the end of the day. I have noticed that I have been feeling a bit different today. A little lighter. Like a weight was lifted off my shoulders. Mum and dad are waiting for me just inside the door. Instead of avoiding there hugs like I was planning on doing a few days ago. I embrace them. It feels nice. I feel like I don't see my family much at all. Like they are there but I'm not. I don't know why I'm feeling like this but I am. Mum seems to be happy that I'm in a good mood.

"Your happy. I take it you had a good day darling" my father says anything before any of us have a chance. I smile and nod.

"Yeah, I had a great day. I think I've made a new friend. He's really nice and showed me around when I got lost. And we won the food thing in class." I say excited. Mum seems excited as well.

"Well, that's great darling. I was thinking. We should go out to my club as a family tonight to celebrate" daddy says. I smile and nod.

And just like that we were at the club celebrating together. I feel happy. I have no worries. Well, until I get home.